Based on the author's own vivid experiences, The Cruel Sea is the nail-biting story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys in World War Two.
Darting back and forth across the icy North Atlantic, Compass Rose played a deadly cat and mouse game with packs of German U-boats lying in wait beneath the ocean waves.
Packed with tension and vivid descriptions of agonizing U-boat hunts, this tale of the most bitter and chilling campaign of the war tells of ordinary, heroic men who had to face a brutal menace which would strike without warning from the deep . . .
| ISBN: | 9780141042831 |
| Publication date: | 6th August 2009 |
| Author: | Nicholas Monsarrat |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 444 pages |
| Series: | Penguin World War II Collection |
| Genres: |
Second World War fiction |
Based on the author's own vivid experiences, The Cruel Sea is the nail-biting story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys in World War Two. Darting back and forth across the icy North Atlantic, Compass Rose played a deadly cat and mouse game with packs of German U-boats lying in wait beneath the ocean waves.Packed with tension and vivid descriptions of agonizing U-boat hunts, this tale of the most bitter and chilling campaign of the war tells of ordinary, heroic men who had to face a brutal menace which would strike without warning from the deep . . .
The Cruel Sea features in the following genres: Second World War fiction
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The Cruel Sea was written by Nicholas Monsarrat and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
The Cruel Sea has 444 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin World War II Collection series
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.